Meet Ravinder Singh,the sikh who was elected councilman at large by a wide margin in June, taking office July 1, 2009 in a place where sikhs barely exists.
He received the most votes of 11 other candidates — despite the fact that Hoboken’s registered voter population is less than 1% Asian and the city is home to only about 10 Sikhs, including his wife, Navneet, a human rights lawyer, and their 2-year-old daughter, Arza.
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